Construction Ecology Nature As the Basis for Green Buildings

Name: Construction Ecology Nature As the Basis for Green Buildings
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ISBN: 9780203166147

ISBN-10: 0203166140

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List price: $160.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/27/2003
Pages: 336
Size: 0.67" wide x 0.98" long
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Introduction



Defining an Ecology of Construction



The Ecologists



Material Circulation, Energy Hierarchy, and Building Construction



On Complexity Theory, Exergy, and Industrial Ecology



Applying the Principles of Ecological Emergence to Building Design and Construction



Using Ecological Dynamics to Move Towards an Adaptive Architecture



The Industrial Ecologists



Minimizing Waste Emissions from the Built Environment



Industrial Ecology and the Built Environment



Construction Ecology and Metabolism



Construction Ecology



The Architects



Ecologic Analogues and Architecture



Natural Metabolism as the Basis for "Intelligent" Architecture



Green Architecture


Conclusions


Glossary


Index